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Photo: ABC News The son is in and the father out. Senator Rand Paul (KY) is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention later this month in Tampa while the senator's father and Republican presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul (TX), has not been scheduled to speak, disappointing his many supporters. Getting shut out of this year's convention, just as the Texas congressman was shut out of last cycle's convention, is likely a "punishment" for not endorsing the party's presumptive nomi

The last time a third party candidate realistically challenged the two-party duopoly was in 1992, when Texas billionaire Ross Perot ran against President George H.W. Bush and Democratic candidate Bill Clinton. By mid-April, Perot was polling ahead of both men--a level of independent success that has yet to be repeated. By the summer of 1992, Perot withdrew from the race, only to jump back in by October. It's a move that left many wondering, what could have been and why did he do it? Bill Hills

Todd Wiseman / Texas Tribune It is election year in America. This means that voters and potential voters are deluged with all the muck PACs and action groups can dig up. The parties scramble to manage the image of their candidates. In Congress and in state capitals across the nation, politicians stop their partisan bickering over laws of substance-- and engage in partisan bickering over laws about the election itself. Voter ID laws have long been a point of contention between Republicans and D

Students in the Liberal Arts are all too familiar with the parental lecture that they should consider a degree that has more serious applications in the real world. Parents tend to look further into the long term and worry about the student loan debt their children will take on after they graduate. TG, a public, non-profit corporation, released a report for the Texas Legislature that emphasizes the need for students to also consider the full weight of the debt burden when choosing a major. For

Following a tax vote to support the elimination of a corporate tax break, California Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande has stepped down from his position as Republican caucus chairman in a move largely interpreted to be a rebuff of his party's staunch opposition to taxes. "With my vote yesterday I decided to take the side of my constituents and California businesses," Nestande said in a statement. The Riverside County lawmaker voted Monday with Democrats on AB 1500, sponsored by Assembly S

Republicans were shocked Tuesday night as 12-term incumbent Rep. Cliff Stearns appears to have lost his primary to veterinarian Ted Yoho in Florida's primary election. With all precincts reporting, Rep. Stearns fell short of securing reelection in Florida's new 3rd District by just 800 votes, the Associated Press reports. The high-profile Republican lawmaker is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's oversight subcommittee. He rose to prominence just months ago by pushing probes o

With the growing trend in social media and technology, the question over the role of social media in education inevitably enters the debate, an issue discussed in Mashable's recent article Should You Get Your Child an iPad or Laptop for School? Tools such as tablets and laptops, for instance, have a practical place in education and can provide students with a wide array of information, videos, and images that they previously did not have access to: “Digital media tablets are more useful resourc

Credit: texastribune.org Imagine a business model where the government lends people money to pay you for a service that you may or may not deliver effectively, and no matter what goes wrong, someone else has to pay the government back and you get to keep almost $32 billion a year. Preposterous, you say!  No, in the real world it’s called a for-profit college. Socrates could have died rich if he'd privatized his teaching. “For-Profit College” – isn’t that on oxymoron?  Not really, according to

Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Author: Candelwicke Some in the education community are voicing their concern for Mitt Romney's recent vice presidential pick, US Representative Paul Ryan (WI). One such voice is that of American Federation of Teachers President, Randi Weingarten who said: "Rep. Ryan's record speaks for itself. He would reduce, not expand, real opportunities for all students to have access to high-quality public education." Our public education system was not always a federal issue.

This Week on IVN: EducationBack-to-school time is approaching and IVN.us is getting ahead of the curve. This week's theme: Education!We'll be looking at issues like voter education, social media in the classroom, head start programs, vouchers, and student debt this week.What are candidates proposing? How can we find independent, non-partisan solutions to the many problems arising from our education system?Interested in contributing? The mission of IVN.us is to raise the level of civil discourse